Australia June TD-MI inflation index MoM -0.4%; prior -0.30%.

China's STAR 50 Index staged a V-shaped rebound and returned to positive territory; constituents Huahong Hongli, Shengke Communication and CHINA'S CPU MAKER HAIGUANG each rose more than 6%.

Kuwait Arab Economic Development Foundation on the 5th announced a $100 million Kuwait Emergency Response Fund to create an institutional emergency-financing mechanism, bolster national crisis-response capacity and finance post-crisis social recovery and infrastructure reconstruction. The fund, set up as a dedicated financing window, will mobilize domestic capital to repair infrastructure damaged by spillover from US–Israel–Iran fighting and provide priority project financing per government needs.